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Old 12-02-2013, 10:15 PM   #8 (permalink)
niky
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Do note that crash testing is only done at 35-40 mph.

If the pole was hard enough and small enough in cross-section, it's possible for it to have sliced the car in half. 45 mph might well be the impact speed, but the speed at the start could have been higher.

We don't know for certain yet.
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